tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3507460558106394216..comments2015-03-03T17:09:24.467-05:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-24129360977851695382013-01-15T08:33:58.256-05:002013-01-15T08:33:58.256-05:00Well said. Look what happened when George Zimmerma...Well said. Look what happened when George Zimmerman decided to make himself an amateur cop. We must not forget the lesson of Trayvon Martin.Susanna Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836224575041085431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68725690335494092472013-01-15T06:43:10.051-05:002013-01-15T06:43:10.051-05:00I still think having armed guards in schools is a ...I still think having armed guards in schools is a stupid response to this problem - which is, more and more guns, too many of them semi-automatics with large magazines, in less and less hands.<br /><br />The percentage of people who own guns has dropped in the last 50-60years - which makes sense, since once rural and wilderness areas where hunters hunted, have turned into roads, suburban homes, malls, and strip malls. I&#39;ve seen that happen here, in Upstate NY. <br /><br />And, most tenants in apartments in urban areas don&#39;t usually have guns. Neither do most condo or co-op owners. <br />The laws against guns are pretty strict in cities - just ask Plexico Burress, formerly of the NY Giants.<br /><br />It&#39;s the number of guns that that dwindling percentage of gun owners still have, that&#39;s the problem. And that group is the group that keeps on buying more and more new guns.<br /><br />No one is looking to ban a handgun or shotgun for home protection (though, with the number of accidents and suicides, perhaps that will warrant a look in a generation or two).<br />And no one is looking to ban rifles used for hunting.<br /><br />It&#39;s semi&#39;s, and large magazines, that are the problem.<br /><br />And the solution isn&#39;t to have armed guards in schools, it&#39;s to get rid of those guns.<br /><br />You want to stimulate the economy a little while getting rid of some guns?<br />Have a buy-back program, where you give a Gift Card, good for 90 days, worth $500 for each gun, and $1 for each bullet. Victorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com